St. Conleth’s Chess Teams, both Junior and Senior, have had more than their share of success in recent years and both are currently playing their way through their respective Leinster leagues but we have to admit that taking points from Gonzaga College, where they have instituted a training programme last used by Ivan the Terrible, has always been a particular pleasure.  So, when our very own Utkarsh Gupta had the nerve (and the talent and the guts) to make the short journey to Ranelagh and bring home one of the main trophies of the Gonzaga Chess Championship, we feel entitled to crow about it!

Above, you see Utkarsh receiving his prize and, below, the final tally of the tourney: only the top 10 that is, as Utkarsh actually finished atop a list of 82 of the best young chess players from Ireland, and beyond!